- Iguazu falls - incredible!!!
- Itaipu dam - huge and very interesting. One of the seven wonders of the modern world
Okay so Iguazu falls seriously deserves a post all to itself........incredible! That's all I can say. I don't know where to start.....we visited the Argentine side first and spent a full day walking through the park. The first trail took us to an area called the Devil's throat. The volume of water falls through that area is huge and the spray back off the falls is like rain so we had to cover our cameras.
Taking the upper trail we were able to walk across the top of some of the less intense falls. Still, the volume of water is unbelievable. I won't bore with details but will let the pictures speak for themselves.
One thing we did which was great was a boat ride into the falls......literally into the falls. At one point the boat goes underneath the falls and you feel like Indiana Jones. It was insane!
Photos from Argentinian side
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| The devil's throat |
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| On the bus in Puerto Iguassu going to Brazil |
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| The boat ride into the falls (see from Brazil) |
From Foz do Iguacu we also visited Itaipu dam which is one of the largest hydroelectricity plants in the world and one of the seven wonders of the modern world. It is a owned and run jointly by Brazil and Paraguay and sits on the border of these countries.
After taking a local bus out to the dam we wanted to take the special tour. Unfortunately there were dress requirements and I didn't pass on account of my shorts.....I felt like I was being turned away from a nightclub! Luckily, I was able to buy leggings at the gift shop and take the tour.
The tour included the spillway (which, luckily for us, was open), the concrete dam (there are three dams - concrete, rock and earth) and the interal workings of the dam. It was quite facinating and quite a feat of engineering. We had no idea about it before we came here but it was defiantely worth a visit.
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| The spillway |
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| The concrete dam |
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| View from the top of the dam |
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